Thursday, December 25, 2008
Christmas is always interesting with Tori. The DVDs and books kept her busy most of the day, and then boredom hit, and she was into everything. Most people can sit at home relax , watch some old Christmas movies and enjoy the holidays. Cole and I spend Tori's time away from school (her structure) telling her to get down, don't touch, and stop giggling uncontrollably. Our time off is called entertaining Tori. It was fun after being a mother for nine years to finally have a kid fully understands the whole Santa thing. Watching Kayla put gifts under the tree, setting out cookies, and trying to be quiet as a mouse in bed so Santa would bring her gifts was so much fun to watch. I remember believing in Santa just as much as she did. Kayla makes Santa very much alive in our home. As much as Tori makes me crazy, she loves presents. I remember so many Christmas's when Cole and I would have to open her gifts for her, and she had little interest in what was going on around her. Now we have to hide any wrapped gift in the house until Christmas Eve in fear that she will open them all. Nathan was the biggest surprise this Christmas, he was so excited about his toy fish bowl he could hardly contain himself. Today he was imitating me clapping. Parents of children with autism do not look forward to a first step nearly as much as great eye contact and imitation. Having your oldest with special needs makes it a little difficult not to worry about your babies, and there development. His ability to clap when I did was a sign he might just be okay after all. Cole is still not 100%, so he was not feeling the best today,but all in all it was another crazy Christmas at the Medlyn family home.
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
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Another year has gone by and it has been a crazy one for our family. Our family was blessed with a baby boy. It took us nine months to come up with his name. Cole and I could not agree on what to name our future little boy. In the hospital we finally decided to name him Nathan Andrew. We named him Nathan after Cole's cousin, and Andrew after my grandfather and my little brother's middle name. I thought Andrew was fitting for him being that my brother is the youngest and only boy and so is my son. I only hope that Nathan has the same quality's of the people he was named after. He grew way to fast, and I can barley remember what he was like just a few months ago. He is busy! I have never had a baby so interested in everything happening around him. He can not sit still for two seconds. I guess that is what it is like to have a boy.
Kayla started kindergarten this year. I have been blessed to work at a good school district that Kayla is able to go to work with me each day. It is so fun to work at the very school she attends. I personally know the teachers, I can stop by and volunteer on lunch breaks, and I have can see her progress first hand, while she gets to go to an outstanding school. Kayla has two best friends, Tatum and Gabriel. It is fun to watch her with her buddies on the playground. Kayla is taking tap/ballet class with my best friends daughter Keia. Kayla is hooked, and looks forward to each class. She loves the ballet, and complains about the tap. She is a girl after my own heart. For Christmas she told Santa all she wants is things for her American Girl Julie Albrite.
Tori is now going to school with Tucker. It took some work and a few visits to the school, but we have worked it out. She is in regular education for 40% of her day. This was no small feat, and has taken Tori 9 years to be able to do. I have been told that the third graders love having both her and Tucker in the classroom. Tori has overcome another hurdle that I thought would never happen. She has learned how to Read. It will be a while before we are reading Charles Dickens, but it is a huge step for Tori, and we are so proud oh her. For Christmas she want one front tooth.
Cole and I have had a difficult year of our own, Cole had a torn nerve in his arm that left him in pain, and out of work for three months until the doctor finally decided to do surgery. He will finally be able to go back to work after the Holidays with physical therapy 3 times a week. We would have not survived without family, friends and church. To those of you that have helped financially, emotionally, and physically, Thank You! We would not have made it through this difficult time without you.
We look forward to a new year and a new start, and hopefully less Drama, but let's see what happens, you never know with our family.
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